Germany owes its prosperity, its innovative strength and
its positive economic development especially to highly
skilled professionals, an active research environment,
international cooperation and scientific exchange.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a joint
institution of German universities and the world's
biggest funding organization for international
cooperation in higher education. 236 universities and
124 student bodies are members of the DAAD. It is also
the National Agency for EU mobility programs.

The budget of the DAAD has grown steadily in recent
years and is funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the
European Union and other donors.
Since its founding in 1925, the DAAD has supported more
than 1.5 million scholars in Germany and abroad. In
2012, more than 75,000 Germans and foreigners were
supported around the globe.

More than 500 university professors volunteer in
independent commissions to select the scholarship
recipients and projects from the large amount of
applications, taking only quality and performance
criteria into account.

By awarding scholarships to individuals and through the
support of cooperation at the institutional level, the
DAAD has been building a scientific network that
connects German education and research landscape with
the scientific community around the world for almost 90
years.

The DAAD Information Center Dushanbe plays a central
role within the Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany in cultural, scientific, educational and
development policies.

In 1997, the DAAD posted the first DAAD-Lecturer in
Dushanbe. The growing interest of the population
prompted the opening of the DAAD Information Center in
the capital in 2004. Since 2005, the DAAD has been
supported by the DAAD Language Assistants, and since
2012, by volunteers of the international voluntary
service of the Federal Foreign Office »kulturweit«.

• Advice on all aspects of study and research in Germany
• Organization of information meetings about studying in
Germany
• Participation in education fairs
• Management of
DAAD Scholarship Programs
• Assistance to DAAD scholars (e.g. pre-departure
orientation)
• Support of DAAD alumni (e.g. alumni meetings and
conferences)
• Collaboration with Tajik universities
• Cooperation with national and international
educational organizations
• Organization of workshops and summer schools
• Support the teaching of German at universities
• Planning and implementation of training for teachers
of German as a foreign language
• Examination center for language tests
TestDaf and
onDaF and central standardised scholastic aptitude test
TestAS
• Maintenance of a media library
of textbooks, German
fiction, literature, and many German movies